(44263) Nansouty
Asteroid (44263) Nansouty |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7472 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1446 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3499 AU - 3.1445 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 8.3458 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 334.9496 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 76.2246 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.55 a |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Philippe Dupouy Frédéric Maréchal |
Date of discovery | August 28, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 QR 53 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(44263) Nansouty is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on August 28, 1998 by the French amateur astronomers Philippe Dupouy and Frédéric Maréchal at the observatory ( IAU code 958) in Dax in the land of the Aquitaine region .
The asteroid was named on August 6, 2009 after the French general and meteorologist Charles-Marie-Étienne Champion Dubois de Nansouty (1815–1895), who co-founded the Pic du Midi de Bigorre .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nansouty: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (44263) Nansouty in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (44263) Nansouty in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).